How To Fix Shingles To A Shed Roof

Roofing shingles come in strips that are generally about 3 feet long and 8 or 10 inches wide.

How to fix shingles to a shed roof.

Place the hexagonal tab of the next shingle and point it to the front directly over the first shingle. But they fall into 3 basic categories. When you get down to it there are hundreds of different types of repair you could do to a shed roof. Position a three tab shingle at the bottom left hand corner of the roof so that it covers the starter shingles and nail it into place.

Start installing roof shingles. Types of shed roof repairs. In this video i show you the basics of roofing. In order to make your roof water tight and to eliminate wind infiltration first place tar on the bottom edge of the roof and lay a row of roofing shingles upside down all the way across the bottom of the roof.

Use four to six nails to attach each shingle. These tabs form your capping. Outer layers such as shingles and underlayment sheathing or plywood and roof rafters. At the ridge cut the shingle strips into single tabs.